Namibia Electricity
Generation (2024)#148 World
1.65TWh−12.6% YoY
Consumption (2024)#140 World
3.6TWh+4.9% YoY
Generation Mix (2024)
Fossil Fuels (oil + gas + coal)
(nuclear + renewables) Low-Carbon
3%97%
Electricity Generation in Namibia
- Net electricity generation in Namibia reached 1.65 terawatt-hours in 2024 (#148 in the world), a decrease of 12.6% from 1.89 terawatt-hours in 2023. This is equivalent to 0.01% of global electricity generation.
- In 2024, fossil fuels generated 3% (0.05 terawatt-hours) of electricity in Namibia and renewables 97% (1.6 terawatt-hours).
- Namibia increased its fossil fuel use for electricity generation 2024 by 1.1% compared to 2023, with low-carbon sources (renewables) generating 97% of the total electricity.
Electricity Consumption in Namibia
- Namibia consumed 3.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (#140 in the world), an increase of 4.9% from 2023. This represents 0.01% of the world's total electricity consumption.
- Per capita, electricity consumption in Namibia averaged 1,187.4 kilowatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 3.25 kilowatt-hours per day (#139 in the world).
Installed Electricity Capacity in Namibia
- Namibia had a total installed electricity capacity of 0.66 gigawatts in 2024 (#147 in the world), unchanged from the previous year.
- fossil fuels made up 21.7% and renewables at 78.3% of Namibia's installed capacity in 2024.
- Namibia's power plants ran at an overall capacity factor of 28.4% in 2024, with wind at 48%, solar at 40.7% and hydro at 32.5%.
Electricity Imports & Exports in Namibia
- Namibia imported 2.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈72.3% of consumption).
- Namibia exported 0.2 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈12.1% of generation).
- This made Namibia a net importer of 2.4 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024.
Grid Efficiency in Namibia
- Distribution losses in Namibia were 0.45 terawatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 27.5% of total generation, down from 35.7% in 2014.
Electricity Balance in Namibia
- In 2024, Namibia generated approximately 0.0045 terawatt-hours per day and consumed 0.0099 terawatt-hours per day. This represents a daily deficit of 0.0053 terawatt-hours.
Namibia Electricity History (1980-2024)
| Generation | Consumption | Capacity | Trade | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.65 | −12.6% | 148 | 0.01% | 3.6 | +4.9% | 140 | 0.01% | 1,187.4 | 0.66 | +0% | 147 | 0.01% | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.45 |
| 2023 | 1.89 | +43.2% | 144 | 0.01% | 3.43 | −3.3% | 139 | 0.01% | 1,157.2 | 0.66 | +2.6% | 147 | 0.01% | 2.48 | 0.2 | 2.29 | 0.75 |
| 2022 | 1.32 | −12.4% | 149 | < 0.01% | 3.55 | −0.14% | 137 | 0.01% | 1,227.1 | 0.65 | +3% | 146 | 0.01% | 2.92 | 0.17 | 2.75 | 0.52 |
| 2021 | 1.51 | −24.6% | 148 | 0.01% | 3.55 | −8.6% | 136 | 0.01% | 1,263.5 | 0.63 | +1.2% | 145 | 0.01% | 2.83 | 0.38 | 2.44 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 2 | +44.3% | 144 | 0.01% | 3.88 | −6.5% | 131 | 0.02% | 1,423.4 | 0.62 | +0.65% | 143 | 0.01% | 2.79 | 0.59 | 2.19 | 0.31 |
| 2019 | 1.39 | −2.2% | 150 | 0.01% | 4.15 | −3.3% | 130 | 0.02% | 1,567 | 0.62 | +3.8% | 143 | 0.01% | 3.16 | 0.12 | 3.04 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 1.42 | −20.1% | 148 | 0.01% | 4.3 | +4% | 129 | 0.02% | 1,667.3 | 0.59 | +4.2% | 144 | 0.01% | 3.34 | 0.11 | 3.22 | 0.34 |
| 2017 | 1.77 | +19.8% | 144 | 0.01% | 4.13 | +4.3% | 129 | 0.02% | 1,648.5 | 0.57 | +8.3% | 144 | 0.01% | 2.91 | 0.1 | 2.81 | 0.45 |
| 2016 | 1.48 | −6.2% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.96 | +3.5% | 131 | 0.02% | 1,623.9 | 0.53 | +3.8% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.07 | 0.1 | 2.97 | 0.49 |
| 2015 | 1.58 | +3.1% | 144 | 0.01% | 3.83 | +1.1% | 133 | 0.02% | 1,611.4 | 0.51 | +0.9% | 146 | 0.01% | 2.68 | 0.09 | 2.59 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 1.53 | +13.2% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.78 | −0.34% | 130 | 0.02% | 1,636.6 | 0.5 | +0.38% | 145 | 0.01% | 2.89 | 0.08 | 2.8 | 0.55 |
| 2013 | 1.35 | −19.2% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.8 | +3.4% | 127 | 0.02% | 1,685.7 | 0.5 | −1.7% | 147 | 0.01% | 2.91 | 0.09 | 2.82 | 0.37 |
| 2012 | 1.67 | +15.6% | 143 | 0.01% | 3.67 | +5.2% | 126 | 0.02% | 1,672.7 | 0.51 | +29.8% | 141 | 0.01% | 2.52 | 0.09 | 2.43 | 0.43 |
| 2011 | 1.45 | +10.1% | 143 | 0.01% | 3.49 | +3.6% | 126 | 0.02% | 1,625.1 | 0.39 | +16.4% | 145 | 0.01% | 2.48 | 0.08 | 2.4 | 0.36 |
| 2010 | 1.31 | −12.3% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.37 | +2% | 128 | 0.02% | 1,596.4 | 0.34 | +0.27% | 150 | 0.01% | 2.46 | 0.08 | 2.39 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | −5.1% | 145 | 0.01% | 3.3 | −1.6% | 125 | 0.02% | 1,589 | 0.34 | +0.18% | 148 | 0.01% | 2.13 | 0.07 | 2.06 | 0.26 |
| 2008 | 1.58 | −0.13% | 143 | 0.01% | 3.36 | +4% | 125 | 0.02% | 1,638.9 | 0.34 | +27.6% | 147 | 0.01% | 2.15 | 0.05 | 2.1 | 0.32 |
| 2007 | 1.58 | −2.6% | 142 | 0.01% | 3.23 | +1.4% | 123 | 0.02% | 1,598.6 | 0.26 | +0.96% | 151 | 0.01% | 2.05 | 0.04 | 2.01 | 0.36 |
| 2006 | 1.62 | −3.8% | 139 | 0.01% | 3.18 | +7% | 120 | 0.02% | 1,597.5 | 0.26 | +0.12% | 151 | 0.01% | 1.95 | 0.04 | 1.91 | 0.35 |
| 2005 | 1.69 | +21.8% | 138 | 0.01% | 2.97 | +7.1% | 122 | 0.02% | 1,512.3 | 0.26 | +0.08% | 148 | 0.01% | 1.7 | 0.03 | 1.67 | 0.38 |
| 2004 | 1.38 | −3.5% | 142 | 0.01% | 2.78 | +25.7% | 120 | 0.02% | 1,430.4 | 0.26 | +0.39% | 148 | 0.01% | 1.57 | 0.02 | 1.54 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 1.43 | +0.14% | 139 | 0.01% | 2.21 | +5.7% | 124 | 0.01% | 1,152.6 | 0.26 | +0.04% | 147 | 0.01% | 1.05 | 0.05 | 0.99 | 0.22 |
| 2002 | 1.43 | +18.1% | 138 | 0.01% | 2.09 | +5% | 124 | 0.01% | 1,105.8 | 0.26 | +0.12% | 147 | 0.01% | 0.94 | 0.05 | 0.89 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 1.21 | −15.2% | 140 | 0.01% | 1.99 | +4.1% | 122 | 0.01% | 1,071.6 | 0.26 | +0.47% | 146 | 0.01% | 1.07 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.22 |
| 2000 | 1.43 | +19.7% | 136 | 0.01% | 1.91 | +12.1% | 123 | 0.01% | 1,051.3 | 0.26 | −34.6% | 147 | 0.01% | 0.79 | 0.1 | 0.69 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 1.2 | +18.7% | 138 | 0.01% | 1.71 | +33.4% | 122 | 0.01% | 960.4 | 0.39 | +0% | 134 | 0.01% | 0.79 | 0.06 | 0.73 | 0.22 |
| 1998 | 1.01 | +58.8% | 143 | 0.01% | 1.28 | −22.5% | 133 | 0.01% | 738.1 | 0.39 | +0% | 134 | 0.01% | 0.6 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 0.31 |
| 1997 | 0.63 | −28.1% | 147 | < 0.01% | 1.65 | −4.7% | 118 | 0.01% | 976.8 | 0.39 | +0% | 134 | 0.01% | 1.3 | 0.03 | 1.27 | 0.25 |
| 1996 | 0.88 | −23.6% | 141 | 0.01% | 1.73 | +0.23% | 118 | 0.01% | 1,052.2 | 0.39 | +57.8% | 131 | 0.01% | 1.1 | 0.03 | 1.07 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 1.16 | — | 132 | 0.01% | 1.73 | +195.4% | 116 | 0.02% | 1,078.5 | 0.25 | +0% | 141 | 0.01% | 0.95 | 0.15 | 0.8 | 0.23 |
| 1994 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.59 | −22.5% | 144 | 0.01% | 375.9 | 0.25 | +0% | 141 | 0.01% | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.79 | 0.2 |
| 1993 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.76 | +135.9% | 141 | 0.01% | 500.4 | 0.25 | +0% | 141 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.2 |
| 1992 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.32 | −28.9% | 152 | < 0.01% | 219 | 0.25 | +0% | 139 | 0.01% | 0.76 | 0.2 | 0.55 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.45 | −23.2% | 129 | < 0.01% | 317.9 | 0.25 | +0% | 119 | 0.01% | 0.85 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0.2 |
| 1990 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.59 | — | 122 | 0.01% | 428 | 0.25 | — | 116 | 0.01% | 0.59 | 0 | 0.59 | 0 |
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See also
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics.